Pakistan Suspends Military and Intelligence Cooperation with USA

Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khurram Dast has announced that Pakistan has stopped military and intelligence cooperation with its long-term ally in the fight against terrorism while addressing a gathering at Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Tuesday

Khan said the US is facing defeat in Afghanistan despite spending billions of dollars. He alleged that the US is using Pakistan as a ‘scapegoat’ for its failures in Afghanistan.

However The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad has denied Pakistan’s claims that it has suspended military or intelligence cooperation with the United States.